{"id":34188,"date":"2022-10-20T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34188"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:04:03","slug":"1137543_gm-reportedly-mulls-mid-size-hummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34188","title":{"rendered":"GM reportedly mulls mid-size Hummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a length of almost 217 inches and curb weight of more than 9,000 lb, it&#8217;s safe to say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1129566_2022-gmc-hummer-ev-price-specs-review-photos-info\">GMC Hummer EV<\/a> electric pickup truck is a tad too big for many.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out a smaller, mid-size Hummer pickup could be in the pipeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-10-19\/gm-ponders-expansion-to-hummer-line-with-midsized-plug-in-pickup\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>According to those sources, the mid-size Hummer is still in the design phase and has yet to be approved for production, though the project is seen as a priority and thus has a good chance of receiving the green light.<\/p>\n<p>A smaller Hummer could also lead to sales outside of the U.S., particularly in Europe where GM plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135848_gm-eyes-return-to-europe-with-new-ev-models\">return with an EV-exclusive portfolio<\/a>, thus adding to the vehicle&#8217;s chances of reaching production.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"8\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100815678_m\" title=\"2022 GMC Hummer EV pre-production at Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2022 GMC Hummer EV pre-production at Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"682\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pre-production-at-factory-zero-plant-in-detroit-michigan_100815678_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2022 GMC Hummer EV pre-production at Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>GMC spokesman Mikhael Farah declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>The full-size Hummer EV has proven to be a huge success, despite it currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136225_gmc-hummer-ev-to-cost-6-250-more-as-of-june-18\">costing north of $100,000<\/a> (lower-priced variants are planned). GMC in September closed reservations for the Hummer EV and the related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135944_2024-gmc-hummer-ev-suv-testing-in-moab\">Hummer EV SUV<\/a> due next year after the number of expressions of interest hit 90,000.<\/p>\n<p>Production is still bottlenecked by the supply of batteries but is expected to ramp up once a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136636_gm-and-lg-battery-joint-venture-earmarked-for-2-5b-doe-loan\">battery plant in Ohio<\/a> comes online later this year, according to Bloomberg. Fewer than 800 Hummer EVs have been delivered as of Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller Hummers wouldn&#8217;t be a surprise as Hummer operated in multiple size categories when it was still a standalone brand selling gas-guzzling models. The biggest model was the Humvee-derived H1, below which sat the full-size H2 and mid-size H3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a length of almost 217 inches and curb weight of more than 9,000 lb, it&#8217;s safe to say the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck is a tad too big for many. It turns out a smaller, mid-size Hummer pickup could be in the pipeline, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}